Damsels in Distress Comparison Chart

Cinderella: Or the little glass slipper

-A man who had married twice, whose second wife brought two daughters who were haughtiest and stuck up, just like their mother. -His own daughter was a lovely and sweet-natured girl. -They called her Cinderella. -The kings son decided to hold a ball. -The sisters and mother were going and refuse to let Cinderella go. -Cinderellas godmother turned the pumpkin into a golden coach, the mouse into carriage horses, rat into coach man and lizards into footmen. Changed her overalls into a dress. -The godmother told Cinderella to be back before midnight, or else everything would turn back to its original form. -The second night she went, she ran out when it was 12 and left a glass slipper behind. -The prince was going to marry whoever fits the glass slipper. Cinderella fits perfectly into the slipper, and took her own glass slipper from her pocket. -That moment, the godmother touched Cinderellas overalls and transformed it into a beautiful ball gown. -The sisters who saw this begged at her feet for her to forgive them, she forgives them and took her sisters to

Ashputtle
-A rich mans wife fell sick and died. - Her only daughter went out to her mothers grave and wept every day. -The father remarried and brought two daughters into the house. -Ashputtle had to do all the work. -Ashputtle planted a hazel sprig over her mothers grave and cried; her tears fell on the sprig and grew into a beautiful tree. -A little bird came and perched on the tree, and it threw down everything she wished for. -The king arranged a celebration and invited everyone, including the stepsisters. -The stepmother wont let Cinderella go. -Ashputtle went to her mothers tree and wished to go to the celebration, the birds tossed down a gold and silver dress and slippers. -When Ashputtle wanted to go home, the pitch pulled off her slipper. -The prince decided to marry whoever fits the shoe. -When the older sister tried on the shoe, the she cut off her toe to fit, the younger sister cut off her heel to fit. -When Ashputtle fitted perfectly in the shoe, the kings son lifted Ashputtle up on his horse and rode away. -On their wedding day, the doves came along and pecked out both of

Snow White
-A queen had a baby girl named Snow White, and died shortly after she was born. -The king remarried. -The queen had a magic mirror that told her she was the fairest in the land. -When Snow white was seven years old, she was already a thousand times fairer than then queen. -The queen sent out a huntsman and ordered him to kill Snow white and bring back her lungs and liver. -The huntsmen let Snow white go and brought back a boars lungs and liver as proof. -The queen ate them, thinking they were Snow whites -Snow White found a little house in the woods and went in to rest. -She saw there were seven of everything and fell asleep on one of the beds. -The seven dwarfs, who were the owner of the house came back and told Snow White that if she cleans and cooks and make the bed for them, she can stay. -The queen tried to kill Snow White several times using different ways, but she was always rescued by the dwarfs. -The queen made Snow White ate a poisoned apple, and she died instantly, the dwarfs couldnt bring her back to life anymore. -So they made a glass coffin for her

Rapunzel
-A man and his wife longed for a child -The wife craved for the lettuce that the witch grew in her garden beside her house. -The witch caught him, and asked for the child that the wife was bearing. -The witch locked her in a tower with no stairs or doors just a window. -The witch used her hair to climb up to the tower -A prince climbed up once and asked her for her hand in marriage. -When the witch found out, she cut Rapunzels hair, sent her away and pretended to be Rapunzel. -The Prince jumped out of the tower and the brambles scratched his eyes out and he became blind. -He wandered through the forest and finally found Rapunzel. -Rapunzel wept on him, and her tears made him see again

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and put it on the hilltop guarded by the dwarfs. -A prince came along and wanted the coffin, when he was carrying it down the hill; he tripped on a root and made the poison apple come out of her throat. -The prince decided to marry her. - The wicked queen then died because she was forced to step into the red hot shoes.